tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post3329786815518361307..comments2024-03-21T21:37:03.772-05:00Comments on Series Books for Girls: On the Subject of Image TheftJennifer Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-21241343816521767602017-05-10T20:41:15.368-05:002017-05-10T20:41:15.368-05:00The saving grace with this new eBay policy is that...The saving grace with this new eBay policy is that eBay might only take photos if the seller uses the product catalog number, such as the ISBN, to create the listing. That's what I hope. If so, then my photos would not be used, and the main listings where we would need to be concerned are the ones where the seller has used the ISBN.<br /><br />For the listings where the seller does use the product catalog information, the photo is not identified as a stock image. With books, the product catalog image is a scan, whereas most seller's photos look to be actual photos. But if eBay starts using some of those, we won't be able to tell whether the stock image is the seller's actual photo or not.<br /><br />You are correct that eBay will not compensate sellers whose photos are used in the catalog.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-12789678128634278702017-05-10T10:30:44.308-05:002017-05-10T10:30:44.308-05:00Thank you for your Facebook post on the new mandat...Thank you for your Facebook post on the new mandatory eBay image catalog policy: <br />"To help provide a consistent buying experience and enable a faster and more accurate listing process, eBay uses images provided by our sellers in our catalog. <br />By August 2017, sellers will no longer be able to opt out of this program, and all photos in listings created, relisted, or renewed will be considered for possible inclusion in the catalog."<br /><br />I assume that eBay is in no way compensating you for the use of your personal property (images), that you produced with your valuable phone/camera and your valuable time. <br /><br />This new policy will also make it easier for other sellers to produce misleading listings (whether they intend to mislead, or not). <br />I do not see how this will "provide a consistent buying experience" for items like used books, that are inherently "inconsistent". <br /><br />I agree that you should put your User ID across your images. <br /><br />A couple of questions: <br /> <br />1. If an eBay item uses a "stock image", is it easily seen, as on AbeBooks? <br /><br />2. Also, did you know that for some time eBay has provided its listings and their images to worthpoint.com? <br />(I think that there is a delay of some months before eBay listings are posted there.) <br />eBay may provide listings/images to other entities. Do you know of any?Michael Nabholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352761129065693954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-81578933594438209132010-04-28T23:07:52.497-05:002010-04-28T23:07:52.497-05:00I also think that if the seller were going to copy...I also think that if the seller were going to copy text from my page that it would have been more useful to have given the synopsis of the book. Although, I maintain that the Outdoor Girls series is not well-known, and I feel like most people who are interested already know where they can find that summary.<br /><br />It would be hard to sell the book to anybody other than a reseller who knows about the value or a collector who already knows about the series. For books like this one, it is more productive to give good photos and to describe all of the flaws, and neither was present in the original auction.<br /><br />I hope I didn't upset anyone by outing the existence of this auction. I just can't help getting involved when my own photos are used rather than showing pictures of an extremely scarce dust jacket that seldom comes up for sale.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-84098981904769901132010-04-26T08:11:55.012-05:002010-04-26T08:11:55.012-05:00i don't get why sellers would rip off text ins...i don't get why sellers would rip off text instead of linking to your page; your page has way more info than they included!beautifulshellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760056686654842882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157530669780468545.post-60904347650283298882010-04-26T03:01:09.609-05:002010-04-26T03:01:09.609-05:00The seller has now posted additional photos, thank...The seller has now posted additional photos, thankfully. The jacket is actually in better condition than what I expected.<br /><br />Sellers are more likely to get a high price for a scarce book when the buyers can see photos of the actual books up for sale. This is very important.Jennifer Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405593758228423001noreply@blogger.com